Latest News from the Assembly

Monday, January 21, 2013
Forty years ago the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a decision, known as Roe v. Wade, granting a “right” for women of the United States to terminate the lives of their children in the womb. This decision has resulted in some 54 million children’s lives ending almost before they began. The Holy Orthodox Christian Faith is unabashedly pro-life. read more »

Friday, December 14, 2012
The latest interview as part of our series of "Conversations with our Bishops" is now available for you to hear online or download. Bishop Alexander of the Orthodox Church in America offers his reflections on the Assembly. read more »

Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Recovering the theological significance of Sunday is fundamental to rebalancing our lives. As Orthodox and Catholics, we share a theological view of Sunday and so our purpose in this statement is four-fold: to offer a caring response to what is not just a human, but also a theological question; to add a little more volume to the growing chorus of Christian voices trying to be heard in the din of our non-stop worklife; to offer brief reflections in hopes of drawing attention to the fuller expositions elsewhere; and to reinforce the ecumenical consensus by speaking as Orthodox and Catholics with one voice. read more »

Friday, November 02, 2012
The latest interview as part of our series of "Conversations with our Bishops" is now available for you to hear online or download. Bishop Ioan Casian of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of the Americas offers his reflections on the Assembly. read more »

Thursday, October 18, 2012
The latest interview as part of our series of "Conversations with our Bishops" is now available for you to hear online or download. Bishop Daniil of the Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada, and Australia offers his reflections on the Assembly. read more »

Thursday, September 13, 2012
The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America held its third annual meeting for all member hierarchs, that is, all active canonical bishops in its region. The meeting was held from September 10-12, 2012, at the Chicago O'Hare Hilton in Chicago, Illinois. Forty-three bishops were in attendance. read more »

Monday, September 10, 2012
The latest interview as part of our series of "Conversations with our Bishops" is now available for you to hear online or download. Bishop Demetrios of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America offers his reflections on the Assembly. read more »

Thursday, August 30, 2012
The latest interview as part of our series of "Conversations with our Bishops" is now available for you to hear online or download. Metropolitan Isaiah of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America offers his reflections on the Assembly. read more »

Wednesday, August 15, 2012
The 2012 Annual Meeting of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America will be convened Monday through Wednesday, September 10 through 12 at the O?Hare Airport Hilton Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. read more »

Monday, July 30, 2012
The latest interview as part of our series of "Conversations with our Bishops" is now available for you to hear online or download. Bishop Alexander of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America offers his reflections on the Assembly. read more »

Wednesday, June 20, 2012
The Eighty-Second meeting of the North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation took place at Hellenic College/Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts, from June 5 to 7. The members of the Consultation continued their study of the role of the laity in their churches. read more »

Wednesday, June 13, 2012
A historic face-to-face meeting of the Assembly?s committee chairmen was organized by the Secretariat?s Coordinator for Committees, Bishop Maxim, and was held on May 30 at the Metropolia Center of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA, South Bound Brook, NJ, and was hosted by Archbishop Antony. Since much of the work of the Assembly of Bishops falls within the purview of its thirteen committees, the success of these committees is essential for the success of the Assembly as a whole. read more »

Tuesday, June 05, 2012
The latest interview as part of our series of "Conversations with our Bishops" is now available for you to hear online or download. Archbishop Nikon of the Orthodox Church In America offers his reflections on the Assembly. read more »

Monday, May 21, 2012
It is with a profound depth of sadness that we hereby inform you of the repose, in the morning of 21 May, 2012 in the 76th year of his earthly pilgrimage, of His Beatitude Metropolitan Constantine, the Ruling Hierarch of the Central Eparchy and the Primate of our Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA. read more »

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Recently, the public discussion about marriage and about the propriety of its redefinition has once again become prominent. It is a discussion that is certain to continue for a long time yet. In light of this, the Assembly reaffirms the ancient and unchanging teaching of the Church and invites the faithful to read the important statement below, issued by SCOBA in 2003 and as relevant and binding today as when first published. read more »